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| Location: Ottawa
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| Requirement #: 16883
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| Posted Date: 9/9/2010 |
Type of Assignment:Length of Assignment: Until March 31, 2012 with possibility of extension
Description of Project or Company/Organization:
Calian is pleased to be a part of Canada’s healthcare industry. Our dynamic healthcare teams consist of more than 500 professionals providing healthcare services coast-to-coast at over 30 locations in Canada.
Through our Health Service Support Contract with the Department of National Defence, Calian’s healthcare professionals work in partnership with military healthcare teams providing primary care to today’s Canadian Forces.
The Calian Advantage:
Calian understands the importance of a healthy work-life balance. We continually strive to create a positive impact on our employees’ quality of life. We have unique opportunities to work in a challenging and rewarding work environment with a strong focus on teamwork. This position offers:
- Generous allotment of time for booked appointments, giving you the opportunity to provide quality care
- A fully functional clinic with access to diagnostic and support services within the clinic or the local community
- Regular weekday hours with no evening weekend work
- Attractive and competitive compensation
Job Description:
The Clinical Psychologist is responsible for the provision of mental health care (psychological assessment and psychotherapy) within the mental health program of the Canadian Forces, to authorized patients as per the Spectrum of care.
The Clinical Psychologist works within a comprehensive and integrated mental health system. The Psychologist functions as a member of a multidisciplinary mental health care team to provide services that promotes wellness and provides timely interventions that support and empower authorized patients to achieve their highest level of functioning. Some of the activities that can be expected from this professional group include:
- Provides clinical leadership and consultation to mental health staff in the provision of mental health care to patients
- Administers full range of diagnostic tests for psychometry assessment, interprets results, and prepares psychological evaluations
- Reports results and interpretations of tests, interviews, and evaluations to the multidisciplinary team
- Assists in the identification, development and evolution of mental health programming
- Documents interactions with clients in accordance with the principles of professional practice
- Participates in program orientation and provides information to external inquiries as required
- Leads and participates in the development, and instruction/counselling during group sessions for example for anxiety, PTSD, depression, stress management
Mandatory Qualifications:
- Must be a graduate of an accredited University with a Doctoral Degree in Clinical Psychology
- Must be bilingual
- Registration for autonomous practice in clinical psychology with the appropriate province/licensing body
- Minimum of 2 years clinical experience in a health service institution
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